2009-10 Read On The Wild Side

Welcome to the wiki for the 2009-10 Read on the Wild Side Summer Reading Club.

The Summer Reading Club program encourages young people of all ages in reading, writing, sharing books and other fun and engaging literature based activities over the summer period.

Click on the following links for more information on each area. You are invited to contribute your ideas as well.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

  Register your library | State Contacts | Merchandise | Activity Sheets | Reading Logs  

Register now!!

Have your library listed on the participants list and receive all the latest updates regarding the program

ALIA Resources and Templates

Access to support material for your Summer Reading Club program, official reading logs and graphics

Interpreting the Theme

Suggestions for exploring "Read on the wild side" in your library

Promoting the Idea

Ways to promote the Summer Reading Club at your library

Recording Reading and Incentives

Ways of keeping young people motivated during the Summer Reading Club

Display Ideas

Ideas for theme displays at your library

Games and Activities

Fun in your library, including ideas for launches and wrap up parties

Authors, Illustrators and Entertainers

Suggestions for events in your library

Craft Ideas

Wild craft activities for all ages

Readers' Theatre and Storytelling Ideas

Go wild at your library

Songs and Rhymes

Storytime songs and rhymes for preschoolers

Reading Lists

Suggested reading for different ages and abilities

Activity Sheets

Contribute your activity sheets here

Teens

Activites and ideas for teenagers in your library

Adults

Ideas for encouraging the adults in your community to "Read on the wild side"

Professional Resources

A background reading list